Forwarding, might be of interest to those working on GLAM… Mike
Begin forwarded message: > From: Jodi Schneider <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimedia IE] Fwd: [LOD-LAM] Open data in cultural heritage > (LODLAM-London), October 6th > Date: 6 September 2011 08:56:31 GMT+01:00 > To: [email protected], Wikimedia IE > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected], Wikimedia IE <[email protected]> > > If you're working with cultural heritage data, this free open data-related > event in London this October may be of interest: > > http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com/ > > Mia is still looking for a few good speakers, as well. > > -Jodi > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mia <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:14 PM > Subject: [LOD-LAM] Open data in cultural heritage (LODLAM-London), October 6th > To: [email protected] > > > Hi all, > > I thought you might be interested in this LODLAM-ish event in London, > 'Open data in cultural heritage' (info below). You can get free > tickets at http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com. Europeana's > 'EuropeanaTech' event will have been the day before, so I'm sure we > can also report back on any developments there. > > Also, if you can think of anyone who'd make a good speaker, let me > know! I figure this group will know people who can speak for five > minutes on their open data projects - I'm particularly interested in > people who've run successful projects in cultural heritage > institutions, or created something that has changed how a LAM thinks > about open data. > > Cheers, Mia > > -------------------------------------------- > http://openobjects.org.uk/ > http://twitter.com/mia_out > > Open data in cultural heritage (LODLAM-London) > > A meetup for people interested in the applications of linked and open > data for cultural heritage. > > Building on earlier 'linking museums' and London #OpenData > (#opendataLDN) meetups, this event is an opportunity to think more > widely about Linked Open Data in Libraries Archives and Museums > (LODLAM) and bring together a wider community of people interested in > open data. It will focus on the success stories for open data in > cultural heritage (with a nod to the barriers to publishing usable > open data). > > We'll have some interesting speakers with short talks on their work > with open data in cultural heritage, including Paul Rowe, Joint CEO at > Vernon Systems in New Zealand, and potentially Leif Isaksen, who could > share his experiences with the Google Ancient Places (GAP) and > PELAGIOS projects. > > We'll also have small discussion sessions to think creatively about > how we can overcome the barriers. We want to gather together success > stories for open data projects, and address the issues that limit the > publication of open data in cultural institutions. > > Who? > > You! If you're interested in using or publishing open cultural data > and want to help getting better data out there for people to use... Or > if you work with a cultural institution and are curious to know why > people care so much, have experience to share, or want to know how > open data might help your organisation, we'd love you to come along to > find out more. > > Where? > > Thanks to the Open Knowledge Foundation we have a great space at the > Centre for Creative Collaboration (#c4cc), 16 Acton Street, London, > WC1X 9NG [map and directions]. > > http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaIE mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaie
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